Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this season has averaged 2.4 million weekly total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, down 30 and 40 percent from Season 3. Among ABC dramas, it equals Quantico, The Catch and died-on-the-vine Conviction in the demo, and outperforms short-lived freshman Time After Time and Season 3 of American Crime.

That said, it enjoys a robust 129 percent boost via DVR playback, ranking fourth among all broadcast shows in that measure (behind iZombie, The Originals and ABC’s Designated Survivor).

In TVLine’s series of Keep or Cut? polls, S.H.I.E.L.D. had the third-strongest showing (90 percent “Keep”) of all bubble dramas polled, trailing NBC’s Timeless and Fox’s ill-fated Pitch.

yess!!! this was the one i’d been waiting for (and VERY scared for).i’m so glad ABC gave it another season, this makes me so happy! now hopefully the show will continue with the same way of storytelling as it did this season. the show really benefits from shorter arcs.

The first time since freaking Roswell that I was so invested/concerned about a renewal. I’m so freaking happy man! The creative resurgence has really pulled me back in after a lackluster S3. Now to see if they pull it out of the deathslot.

I really liked how they did this season & I think that helped them get renewed. Instead of them honing in one 1 storyline & dragging it out for a while season they broke things up. They would do 1 story(ie:Ghost Rider)for 5wks & then wrap it up. Then do another storyline for 5wks, or so, & then wrap it up, etc. The Ava storyline has been for the entire run but they have weaved it throughout the season. So it gets new life & direction w/ every story. If they would of done the Ghost Rider story for the whole season I think the show would of gotten cancelled.

At the start of this season, I wouldn’t have cared either way. I might’ve even groaned at the thought of feeling obligated to have to watch another season to see it wrap up (which might be silly of me, but yes, I would have felt obligated). However, this last half-season has been so awesome that I’m actually EXCITED it’s getting renewed. I’m so glad I didn’t quit on the show during the awful start of this season and the rather poor entirety of season 3. Now if it can only stay good this time . . .

Dude, do you… have any idea what 129% even means? It means the real audience doubles, and then increases by a third more. That is actually a really good number, and much more than any of the other shows. If you follow TV seriously, you’d know that the ad people have been paying a lot of attention to that DVR audience, because few people watch TV live these days.

Thank Heavens. I was waiting with baited breath. Lets hope it keeps an audience for a full season. And if next is it’s last we get a satisfying conclusion (maybe reintroduce Phil back into the Avengers/Nick Fury storyline. I’m still sad they don’t know he is alive.